2019 Term 2: Week 1: Welcome to Advanced Graphic Design

It's time for Advanced Graphic Design!  Students who have successfully completed digital media, and graphic design 1 can take this course.  This term, students will be working on a term-long project of their choice.  We will use the design process to put together a major project that students can take home and be proud of.  We will spend the first part of this week coming up with ideas of what we will do for our projects, and come up with a plan and schedule to follow for the term.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone Monday!

2019 term 1: week 9: Creative Designs

Graphic Design is already almost over for the first term!  Wow.  Students are finishing up their photography elements work, and will be applying an environmental design to a photograph that they took.  We will then spend next week learning to edit and manipulate photographs in a variety of creative ways.  It's been a fun term with these classes, and students have really improved and gained a lot of skills!

2019 term 1: week 8: Layout & Environmental Design

Hard to believe we only have a few weeks left of the term!  I think I said that last week too.  It's still hard to believe!  Graphic design students have worked on some layout designs with magazine covers and movie posters.  Next week, we will be creating Bulldog POWER themed PBIS posters for the high school.  After that project, we will learn some elements of photography, and will apply those skills to an environmental design. 

2019 term 1: week 7: Infographics & Layout

This term is flying by!  Graphic design students worked on infographics this week as we discussed copyright laws.  Next week, we will be learning components of an effective layout.  We will create a magazine cover, movie poster, and also school-themed posters.

2019 term 1: week 6: more typography

Graphic design students have been learning appropriate ways to use typefaces and text styles to enhance the story that their images are telling.  Next week we will be working with creative text effects, and students will then be creating their own type-face to use.  Hard to believe we are over half way done with the term already!!

2019 term 1: week 5: typography

Students have finished their section about branding.  I think the classes all have a good idea of how important it is to have a consistent identity with companies.  We are going to move along to typography and the study of how to use various styles of text and type-faces with our work to help better tell our visual stories.  Next week we are also having parent-teacher-conferences!  It's going to be a great week!

2019 term 1: week 4: Branding Guides

Graphic design has turned in their logo designs for their summative assessments and overall did a very nice job!!  Next week, we will continue working on our business stationery, then will learn how to create a consistent brand with an identity standard or branding guide.  We have been off to a great start!  Let's keep it rolling!!!